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Tricky edge cases If someone lives in a home for 6 out of 12 months per year, and the rest of the time it is empty does it qualified as occupied or unoccupied
by bbcbasic 10y ago
Tricky edge cases
If someone lives in a home for 6 out of 12 months per year, and the rest of the time it is empty does it qualified as occupied or unoccupied or do we count it as 0.5?
What about air bnbed for 75% of the time.
Do you care about 1 person living in a mansion (most of which is unoccupied) vs. 10 people living in a 1 bed apartment?
- spoonie 10y agoIndeed! It would depend on whether the city wants data for further analysis or will act directly on the data (e.g. new taxes). If the city just wanted a punitive tax on non-occupied housing, they'd probably be better with LVT or a revenue-neutral shift away from sales tax or payroll tax towards higher property taxes. This would indirectly affect non-occupying owners without needing to target them directly.